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Show HN: Ad-block-promoting URL shortener (fivefilters.org)
5 points by k1m on Jan 8, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Interesting idea. I use Ad-blockers but I'm not so sure I'd go so far as to encourage other people to use them, each to their own.


I encourage other people to use them for their own security. My argument for ad blocking has zero to do with advertisements and everything to do with preventing malware.


I often want to share an article but hate the fact that people who'll click will expose themselves to a lot of crap if they're not running a blocker. Obviously I'd rather not link to such sites at all. But with so much of the news media now filled with ads, it's often hard to avoid. I feel a little better doing it through this.

I was also thinking of showing a before and after of the linked site, with and without an ad blocker. :)




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